Scott County, TN 1850 Mortality Census http://www.us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/tn/scott/1850/ (File 1 of 1 for entire county) Handwritten page 671 This Mortality Census was transcribed by Russell Anderson and proofread by Linda Talbott for the USGenWeb Census Project®, http://www.us-census.org/ Copyright (c) 2026 by Russell Anderson ========================================================================== USGENWEB (US-CENSUS) NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================== Formatted by USGenWeb Census Project® File Manager, Russell Anderson All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ========================================================================== CENSUS-YEAR 1850 MORTALITY MICROFILM T655-26 STATE TENNESSEE COUNTY SCOTT SCHEDULE 3.--Persons who DIED during the Year ending May 31, 1850 The 1850 Mortality census year begins June 1, 1849 and ends May 31, 1850 Because death certificates were mostly unknown prior to 1902, enumerators were instructed to collect the name and information for every person who died during the twelve months preceding the official census date. These censuses were taken from 1850 to 1900, although not all have survived. By 1902, most states had implemented vital records laws and the mortality schedules were phased out. It is important to remember that the information is available only for the year immediately preceding the census. Those who died outside of this range were never enumerated. Even then, the information was under- reported. According to U.S. Public Health Service estimates, only about 60% of deaths were enumerated in the mortality schedules. ---------------------Begin Actual Transcription---------------------------- ============================================================================================================= CENSUS YEAR: 1850 Mortality STATE: TN COUNTY: Scott DISTRICT: Not Stated MICROFILM #: T655-26 ENUMERATOR: Allen McDonald FILE PAGE NO: 1 HW PAGE NO: 671 ============================================================================================================= LN# LAST-NAME FIRST-NAME/MI AGE SEX CLR F/S M/W BIRTH-PLACE MONTH OCCUPATION CAUSE-OF-DEATH #DAYS-ILL REMARKS ============================================================================================================= 1 Loyd Theny 65 F . . M Virginia July . Unknown 180 . 2 McDonald Laky 42 F . . M Tennessee Dec . Chronic 83 . 3 Nettles John 54 M . . M Virginia Jan Farmer Chronic 60 . 4 Wilson Amos 74 M . . M N Carolina March Farmer Chronic 100 . 5 Angel Rachel 7 F . . . Tennessee March . Burn 9 . ============================================================================================================= If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access the rest of our growing collection of FREE online census transcriptions by going to the following URL: http://www.us-census.org/ =============================================================================================================